235 Steamed apple maple cake Oven setting: FullSteam METHOD Grease and line the base of a deep sided 20cm cake Serves: 10 tin. Pour the maple syrup into the base of the tin and Preparation time: 30 minutes arrange the apple decoratively over the top. Cream Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes the butter, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer Level of difficulty: Easy until pale and creamy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well between each addition. Stir in the grated apple. INGREDIENTS Sift the flour and custard powder and fold into the ½ cup pure maple syrup creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk, 1 red apple, cored, quartered and thinly sliced being careful not to over mix. Carefully spoon the 180g butter cake batter over the apple. Lightly grease a piece of foil and make a pleat in the middle. Cover the cake tin 1 cup caster sugar with the foil, pushing the edges around the outside 1tsp vanilla essence of the tin. 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1 green apple, peeled and grated Place the cake into the oven on a wire rack and cook 1¼ cups self raising flour on FullSteam, 100˚C for 65 to 70 minutes or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Allow cake ¼ cup custard powder to stand for a few minutes before upturning onto a ½ cup buttermilk serving plate. Serve drizzled with extra maple syrup. THE NEFF AUSTRALIA COOKBOOK DESSERTS